Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the performance company Ranan, Vikram Iyengar is a Kathak dancer, choreographer, theatre director and performing arts researcher based in Kolkata. A Government of India National Scholarship and Fellowship awardee and an INLAKS Scholar, Vikram holds a Performing Arts MA from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has taught at the BA and MA levels in the UK, contributed articles to various national and foreign publications, presented papers at international seminars, conducted a variety of workshops and worked on several arts research projects for institutions in India and abroad. Noted for the conscious bringing together of classical dance, movement, and drama creating an experience of total theatre, Vikram’s production work spans choreography for stage and film, dance-theatre and dance-film explorations, and performance collaborations.